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J. 0. WHARTON. TUMBLER STAND.

PATBNTED. SEPT. 29, 1 868."

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Letters Patent 1%. 82,572, dated September 29', 18 68.

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TO ALL WHOM IT CONCERN:

Be it known that'I, J. G. Winston, of Nashville, in the county of Davidson, and Ststeof Tennessee, have invented a new and improved Tumbler-Stand; and I do.hereby declare that the following is a-full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable those skilled in the arttomake and use the some, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which-- I Figure 1 is a'top'view of my improvedrtumbler-stsnd.

Figure 2 is a central section of the same through the line a; 2:, fig. 1.

Similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts.

'The object of this invention is to provide-a stand for tumblers, or other drinking-vessels of similar character, .and is designed: as an adjunct to soda-water fountains, or as an article of use in places'where beverage-fluids are retailed.

Itconsists of the stand, with its attachments, 'as hereinafter 'set forth.

In'the drawingsi Q i A is a tray, of sheet metal or stone, having a concave upper surface,

Within this concavity is placed a ring of pipe, B, having a connection at some point with a water-supply pipe, E, which conducts water to the ring-pipe from a hydrant or other source of supply.

At intervals along the pipe B is placed a series of'jet-cocks, a, which are so located that the jet offwater therefrom will-play into the inverted tumblers held on the racks a placed contiguous thereto.

The rocks are formed by a wire arising from the pipe B, being bent'horizontal at the top', and downwar again, to conform to the interior of the tumbler or other drinking-vessel to be held thereon. V

The inner foot of the racks is aflixed to a central wire ringer plate, C, which is braced and held in position by radial bracesf, which connect it with the pipe-ring B- V Within the racks are revolving vanes or sheet-metal scrolls, having their edges rolled, 'as shown.

These scrolls revolve easily on the vertical wire stems e, and each one is actuated to revolve'by its respect ivc jet from the cocks 2', before mentioned. l i

The scrollsfin revolving, dispense the water which impinges them, upon the interior surfacesof the tumblers.

The stems or shafts e have step-bearings in the braces f.

At each rack is a second jet-cock, k, 'from which a stream plays upon the exterior of the tumblers.

The jets from these cocks rise nearly vertically, and the descendinglwater, falling upon the tumblers, rinscs them.

When the tumblers are withdrawn from the racks, the jets from the cooks z are shut ofi automatically.

This result is produced by means of stoppers or caps 7|, aflixed to the lower ends of springs,-the upper ends of which are aflixed to the racks. I

These springs are curved, so as to project beyond the racks when the caps are on the cocks, shutting 0d the jet therefrom.

When the tumbler is placed on the rack, itslower edge encounters the curved part of the spring, and hears it inward, thus bringing the capawoy from the cock,,and admitting the stream therefrom to play against the scroll d, which is revolved by theimpact thereof.

When a tumbler is withdrawn, the spring is thrown outward by its own tensiombfinging the cap against he orifice of the cock, and shuttingofl' the jet therefrom. v

The cocks I: are closed or opened by hand, at will.- v n The area. within the pipe-ring may, {or ornament, be provided with a mirror, G, as shown. The tray A has a central opening, j, for the escape water from the jets. The supply-pipe E, being connected, as before stated, with the water-supply of the building, the supply is continuous, although but a comparatively small quantity is consumed, from the diminutive calibreof the jet-cocks. The tumblers are thus cleansed and cooled as they stand on the racks, requiring no rinsing by hand after being used.

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The racks are sex-mounted with orose-rests 6, Mixed so right angles to their upperor horizontal part, on which the bottoms of the tumblers rest, being steadied thereby- I do not claim operating time valve by the weight oi the tumbler directly; or by pressure from" the outside or-inside, upon a jointed or pivoted lever, as I eni aware that they are notuew.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-tens Patente- 1'. The combination, in e tumbler-stand, of the concave trey, A, pipe-ring B, leaving cooks s, with thera'eks a, or their equivalent, and the revolving scrolls d, all substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose sel, forth. 7' p I v 2. The described arrangement of the caps 7:, mixed to tlze lower end of the curved springs pendent from the outside of the rocks a, with relation to the inclined cocks 1' upon the pipe B, said spring-cape being operated by m tumblers, in the manner shown and described for the purpose specified.

J'- C. WHARTON.

Wiincsscs:

WM. H. WEAR-TON, Jr., W. G. Ewmo. 

